Waist-fastener and skirt-supporter.



No. 735,230. PATENTED AUGA, 1903.

V s. L. FEATHERS. WAIST PASTENBR AND SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 4, 190:5.

PATENT OFFICE,

SARAH L. FEATHERS, OF PRAIRIE CITY, IOWA.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 735,230, dated August 4, 1903. Application filed June 18, 1902. Serial Nd.1]2,1'79. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH L. FEATHERS, a citizen of the United States, residin g at Prairie City, in the county of Jasper and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Waist Fastener and Skirt-Supporter, of which the following is a specification which is sufficiently clear and concise as to enable others familiar with the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in waist-fasteners and skirt-supporters formed of one piece of material, to which is pivotally mounted a securing-pin, and the object of my invention is, first, to provide a device for securing together the waists and skirts of womens or childrens clothing and at the same time securing the waists and skirts to a desired point on the belt-line of the individual; second, to provide a safety-pin for securing clothing in position on individuals, so that the parts can be securely locked together and held at the pointdesired, and, third, to provide a new article of manufacture in a waist-fastener and skirt-supporter combined which will be neat and attractive in appearance, easy of operation, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following specification and from the drawings forming a part thereof.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure 1 represents the body portion of my device in blank form. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of my invention complete; and Fig. 3 represents my invention as applied, illustrating the preferred manner of using same.

Similar letters and figures of reference denote like parts throughout the several views.

A represents the body portion of my device, which I prefer to have made of sheetbrass'or the like, after which it may be covered with a plating of nickel, silver, or the like. This body portion should be stamped or cut out in substantially theform shown in Fig. 1, the body being an oblong plate. Into the center of the left end is cut a slot 2, by which are formed the two corresponding wings 3 and 4. The lower right corner of said body portion is rounded, as shown at :0. Into the upper edge near the right end is out a V-shaped notch c with one vertical side, the other side being curved upward and to the left, as shown in Fig. 1, thus forming the wing 5. Through the central portion of A, I provide three oblong openings 6, 7, and 8, an ranged substantially as shown. Said openings 6, 7, and 8 are formed oblong in order to facilitate the entrance of hooks therein, and

thus allow for readily entering and removing the securing-hooks of garments, as hereinafter referred to.

The blanks beingprepared asjust described and shown in Fig. 1, the device is completed line and cannot become accidentally separated, that the weight of the skirt will not be carried by the waist, and that my device will be entirely hidden af; er the waist is adjusted.

From the above specification, taken in con.- nection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have produced an improved devicefor the purposes stated.

While I have shown and described the best means now known to motor carrying out my invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, but hold that any slight changes or variations in the details as would suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic would fall within the limits and scope of my invention.

Having now fully shown and described my invention and its operation, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

A waist-fastener and skirt-supporter having in combination, a body portion consisting of an oblong plate having two wings on its left end curved to form bearings for an axle, the lower right-hand corner of the body being rounded, a V-shaped notch formed in the upthis IO tong the point of which is adapted to engage in said hook, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SARAH L. FEATHERS.

Witnesses:

MARSHALL FEATHERS, Mrs. S. A. RIDDLE. 

